Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be6d957f2ea59a08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 13:29:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a8905da56282ed4fd92dc93c0827c22c SHA-1: caa3a4df53f7765cca866b9e3d1f90533454e144 SHA-256: be6d957f2ea59a0870e023dc74c88901a50b6ede825570d6ce147099609cf2ea
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which are identified as link farms on potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious sites, contributing to the overall phishing attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=0365+sign+in
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/fajugusevobejupasakujev.pdf
    • http://hnkingdee.cn/Files/file/202191154453.pdf
    • http://dspec-car.com/js/upload/files/kekadatudiralirukutifogo.pdf
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352771918e5---2045637133.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cmddb7j5cs7dvl6d6lvsa3ieev/duvijuwi.pdf
    • http://jaqalsports.com/files/file/40641158898.pdf
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/jojaxevatew.pdf
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/27845458104.pdf
    • http://dmkert.hu/files/file/74166361252.pdf
    • http://lukasikgroup.pl/Image/files/kapimeredakexukojag.pdf
    • https://lolakarimova.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuwukigivoda.pdf
    • http://gazetavk.ru/img/file/33157303102.pdf
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/87848621116.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ab707b8944---30563729046.pdf
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17193175850.pdf
    • http://houselandia.ru/files/limogomakibevudexomevo.pdf
    • http://plechotice.sk/tmp/file/8335642970.pdf
    • http://tunecharts.com/userfiles/file/2241138266.pdf
    • http://bhk-aindling.com/userfiles/files/21187552431.pdf
    • http://gps-tw.com/CKEdit/upload/files/71116643751.pdf
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210908064556.pdf
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/vedobikilolujox.pdf
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-1/20210901161619165597.pdf
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613180c18e54f---lowuruvasotofani.pdf
    • http://jaqalsports.c
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df22.bin
2d6822db5ff7122f2ed6464733e25ae75b2071c856e0322cc6fa57fcc7967d83
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF22 18508 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010e92.bin
3d7b8bd6c9be02f16eb85506fee88b1d55aea1b0b60908f1de4e7a8749f978a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E92 10124 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001253b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1253B 16792 bytes